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I love comparing this run to Simonson's, because at the end of the day, Thor is such an interesting character to me. I know the man himself is polarizing, but I've said this before, as well: JMS did an AMAZING job on Thor during his run, during a period of time where the character had the term "toxic" pretty much created for him. I view those three runs with equally high regard.

The thing about this story is that Aaron has done the one thing I think you have to do in order to tell a compelling story about Thor: You have to make him feel human WHILE reminding us equally that he is assuredly not.

It's different from Superman, where you have Krypton exploding. With Thor, the character actually has family, a home.

And, most importantly, a father.

That's what Aaron has hammered away at in these 11 issues, and it's made Thor even more relatable to me than ever before. The relationship between Thor and Odin, from Thor's origin story until now, is extremely important.

Odin banished Thor to Earth. He wouldn't even let him lift Mjolnir, the weapon he had crafted for his own son, until he proved he was worthy.

Thor has never been more human than when Aaron wrote that Thor never satisfied Odin, over all the milennia. That is powerful stuff, because that is the core of the character: Thor is the son of a king, the prince of Asgard, a warrior and Avenger.

But he still wants the respect of his father. And seeing that he grew up to be very similar to his father was one of the most interesting things Aaron introduced in these 11 issues.

Which were, by the way, the most freaking epic issues I've read of anything over the past...five years? Ten, maybe?

cheese

I love comparing this run to Simonson's, because at the end of the day, Thor is such an interesting character to me. I know the man himself is polarizing, but I've said this before, as well: JMS did an AMAZING job on Thor during his run, during a period of time where the character had the term "toxic" pretty much created for him. I view those three runs with equally high regard.

The thing about this story is that Aaron has done the one thing I think you have to do in order to tell a compelling story about Thor: You have to make him feel human WHILE reminding us equally that he is assuredly not.

It's different from Superman, where you have Krypton exploding. With Thor, the character actually has family, a home.

And, most importantly, a father.

That's what Aaron has hammered away at in these 11 issues, and it's made Thor even more relatable to me than ever before. The relationship between Thor and Odin, from Thor's origin story until now, is extremely important.

Odin banished Thor to Earth. He wouldn't even let him lift Mjolnir, the weapon he had crafted for his own son, until he proved he was worthy.

Thor has never been more human than when Aaron wrote that Thor never satisfied Odin, over all the milennia. That is powerful stuff, because that is the core of the character: Thor is the son of a king, the prince of Asgard, a warrior and Avenger.

But he still wants the respect of his father. And seeing that he grew up to be very similar to his father was one of the most interesting things Aaron introduced in these 11 issues.

Which were, by the way, the most freaking epic issues I've read of anything over the past...five years? Ten, maybe?

*Sniff, sniff* "Damn it, Diana...If I'd known they would trade us in for a JT Krul-written Captain Atom and "The Savage Hawkman," I'd have let Superboy-Prime destroy all reality."

"Superman flies and is really strong...what the fuck else do you need to know?!" -- Hitler, expressing his displeasure about DC rebooting and complaints about continuity

Random skips into alternate timelines, the Orb as a badass, something to do with time diamonds, Doom the Living Planet and the Phoenix Gun (which I DID like), the return of Dog Logan, Spider-Man as a joke in one alternate universe, 2 months between issues...

Random skips into alternate timelines, the Orb as a badass, something to do with time diamonds, Doom the Living Planet and the Phoenix Gun (which I DID like), the return of Dog Logan, Spider-Man as a joke in one alternate universe, 2 months between issues...

Rain Partier

Random skips into alternate timelines, the Orb as a badass, something to do with time diamonds, Doom the Living Planet and the Phoenix Gun (which I DID like), the return of Dog Logan, Spider-Man as a joke in one alternate universe, 2 months between issues...

Not what I was expecting.

I think that's exactly why I loved it. as soon as I saw the book solicited, I immediately thought "yawn, boring cash-grab worthless mini where marvel can just team up their 2 biggest name characters to make a buck, ho-hum" and ignored it. I finally got around to reading it a month or so ago on Marvel Unlimited and just loved the far-out weirdness of it. I mean, how can you NOT love Doom the Living Planet?

Random skips into alternate timelines, the Orb as a badass, something to do with time diamonds, Doom the Living Planet and the Phoenix Gun (which I DID like), the return of Dog Logan, Spider-Man as a joke in one alternate universe, 2 months between issues...

Not what I was expecting.

I think that's exactly why I loved it. as soon as I saw the book solicited, I immediately thought "yawn, boring cash-grab worthless mini where marvel can just team up their 2 biggest name characters to make a buck, ho-hum" and ignored it. I finally got around to reading it a month or so ago on Marvel Unlimited and just loved the far-out weirdness of it. I mean, how can you NOT love Doom the Living Planet?

Zombie Guard

chap22 wrote:I think that's exactly why I loved it. as soon as I saw the book solicited, I immediately thought "yawn, boring cash-grab worthless mini where marvel can just team up their 2 biggest name characters to make a buck, ho-hum" and ignored it. I finally got around to reading it a month or so ago on Marvel Unlimited and just loved the far-out weirdness of it. I mean, how can you NOT love Doom the Living Planet?

It's a far better prequel to WATXM than Schism is, it has the exact right mix of stupid and genius.

Zombie Guard

chap22 wrote:I think that's exactly why I loved it. as soon as I saw the book solicited, I immediately thought "yawn, boring cash-grab worthless mini where marvel can just team up their 2 biggest name characters to make a buck, ho-hum" and ignored it. I finally got around to reading it a month or so ago on Marvel Unlimited and just loved the far-out weirdness of it. I mean, how can you NOT love Doom the Living Planet?

It's a far better prequel to WATXM than Schism is, it has the exact right mix of stupid and genius.